My very first optical #mouse, a #Microsoft #IntelliMouse Optical, has finally died. It was over 25 years old.

Shockingly, it wasn't the buttons; they were, somehow, still working fine until now. There was some kind of electronic failure. The mouse no longer lights up and the pointer no longer moves.

I don't think I've seen a mouse before or since that lasted anywhere near as long as this one did. Very impressive.

Bought a used #Kensington #Orbit #Trackball with Scroll Ring a couple of years ago for testing instead of using a classic computer #mouse because the surface of my Microsoft #Intellimouse Optical from ~2000(!) finally went goo: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/jpiv8p/microsoft_intellimouse_optical/

#OrbitTrackball: Love at first use. And it's #ergonomic and not wireless. 👍

Unfortunately, this week one of its buttons started to act weird so I just bought a new one as a replacement.

https://www.kensington.com/p/products/featured-products/orbit-trackball-with-scroll-ring/

I can totally recommend that thing.

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Nun auch in #Deutschland:

#Microsoft_Classic #IntelliMouse für 40 Euro bestellbar ...

https://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Nun-auch-in-Deutschland-Microsoft-Classic-IntelliMouse-fuer-40-Euro-bestellbar-3943550.html